Verse 25

Wherefore say{H559}{(H8798)} unto them, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; Ye eat{H398}{(H8799)} with the blood{H1818}, and lift up{H5375}{(H8799)} your eyes{H5869} toward your idols{H1544}, and shed{H8210}{(H8799)} blood{H1818}: and shall ye possess{H3423}{(H8799)} the land{H776}?

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 9:4 : 4 But{H389} flesh{H1320} with the life{H5315} thereof, which is the blood{H1818} thereof, shall ye not eat{H398}{(H8799)}.
  • Deut 12:16 : 16 Only ye shall not eat{H398}{(H8799)} the blood{H1818}; ye shall pour{H8210}{(H8799)} it upon the earth{H776} as water{H4325}.
  • Jer 7:9-9 : 9 Will ye steal{H1589}{(H8800)}, murder{H7523}{(H8800)}, and commit adultery{H5003}{(H8800)}, and swear{H7650}{(H8736)} falsely{H8267}, and burn incense{H6999}{(H8763)} unto Baal{H1168}, and walk{H1980}{(H8800)} after{H310} other{H312} gods{H430} whom ye know{H3045}{(H8804)} not; 10 And come{H935}{(H8804)} and stand{H5975}{(H8804)} before{H6440} me in this house{H1004}, which is called{H7121}{(H8738)} by my name{H8034}, and say{H559}{(H8804)}, We are delivered{H5337}{(H8738)} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} all these abominations{H8441}?
  • Lev 3:17 : 17 It shall be a perpetual{H5769} statute{H2708} for your generations{H1755} throughout all your dwellings{H4186}, that ye eat{H398}{(H8799)} neither fat{H2459} nor blood{H1818}.
  • Ezek 18:6 : 6 And hath not eaten{H398}{(H8804)} upon the mountains{H2022}, neither hath lifted up{H5375}{(H8804)} his eyes{H5869} to the idols{H1544} of the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, neither hath defiled{H2930}{(H8765)} his neighbour's{H7453} wife{H802}, neither hath come near{H7126}{(H8799)} to a menstruous{H5079} woman{H802},
  • Ezek 22:6 : 6 Behold, the princes{H5387} of Israel{H3478}, every one{H376} were in thee to their power{H2220} to shed{H8210}{(H8800)} blood{H1818}.
  • Ezek 22:27 : 27 Her princes{H8269} in the midst{H7130} thereof are like wolves{H2061} ravening{H2963}{(H8802)} the prey{H2964}, to shed{H8210}{(H8800)} blood{H1818}, and to destroy{H6}{(H8763)} souls{H5315}, to get{H1214}{(H8800)} dishonest gain{H1215}.
  • Acts 15:20-21 : 20 But{G235} that we write{G1989}{(G5658)} unto them{G846}, that they abstain{G567}{(G5733)} from{G575} pollutions{G234} of idols{G1497}, and{G2532} from fornication{G4202}, and{G2532} from things strangled{G4156}, and{G2532} from blood{G129}. 21 For{G1063} Moses{G3475} of{G1537} old{G744} time{G1074} hath{G2192}{(G5719)} in every{G2596} city{G4172} them that preach{G2784}{(G5723)} him{G846}, being read{G314}{(G5746)} in{G1722} the synagogues{G4864} every{G2596}{G3956} sabbath day{G4521}.
  • Acts 15:29 : 29 That ye abstain{G567}{(G5733)} from meats offered to idols{G1494}, and{G2532} from blood{G129}, and{G2532} from things strangled{G4156}, and{G2532} from fornication{G4202}: from{G1537} which{G3739} if ye keep{G1301}{(G5723)} yourselves{G1438}, ye shall do{G4238}{(G5692)} well{G2095}. Fare ye well{G4517}{(G5770)}.
  • Acts 21:25 : 25 As{G1161} touching{G4012} the Gentiles{G1484} which believe{G4100}{(G5761)}, we{G2249} have written{G1989}{(G5656)} and concluded{G2919}{(G5660)} that they{G846} observe{G5083}{(G5721)} no{G3367} such thing{G5108}, save only{G1508} that they keep{G5442}{(G5733)} themselves{G846} from{G5037} things offered to idols{G1494}, and{G2532} from blood{G129}, and{G2532} from strangled{G4156}, and{G2532} from fornication{G4202}.
  • Ezek 22:9 : 9 In thee are men{H582} that carry tales{H7400} to shed{H8210}{(H8800)} blood{H1818}: and in thee they eat{H398}{(H8804)} upon the mountains{H2022}: in the midst{H8432} of thee they commit{H6213}{(H8804)} lewdness{H2154}.
  • Ezek 18:12 : 12 Hath oppressed{H3238}{(H8689)} the poor{H6041} and needy{H34}, hath spoiled{H1497}{(H8804)} by violence{H1500}, hath not restored{H7725}{(H8686)} the pledge{H2258}, and hath lifted up{H5375}{(H8804)} his eyes{H5869} to the idols{H1544}, hath committed{H6213}{(H8804)} abomination{H8441},
  • Ezek 18:15 : 15 That hath not eaten{H398}{(H8804)} upon the mountains{H2022}, neither hath lifted up{H5375}{(H8804)} his eyes{H5869} to the idols{H1544} of the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, hath not defiled{H2930}{(H8765)} his neighbour's{H7453} wife{H802},
  • Lev 7:26-27 : 26 Moreover ye shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} no manner of blood{H1818}, whether it be of fowl{H5775} or of beast{H929}, in any of your dwellings{H4186}. 27 Whatsoever soul{H5315} it be that eateth{H398}{(H8799)} any manner{H3605} of blood{H1818}, even that soul{H5315} shall be cut off{H3772}{(H8738)} from his people{H5971}.
  • Lev 17:10-14 : 10 And whatsoever man{H376} there be of the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, or of the strangers{H1616} that sojourn{H1481}{(H8802)} among{H8432} you, that eateth{H398}{(H8799)} any manner of blood{H1818}; I will even set{H5414}{(H8804)} my face{H6440} against that soul{H5315} that eateth{H398}{(H8802)} blood{H1818}, and will cut him off{H3772}{(H8689)} from among{H7130} his people{H5971}. 11 For the life{H5315} of the flesh{H1320} is in the blood{H1818}: and I have given{H5414}{(H8804)} it to you upon the altar{H4196} to make an atonement{H3722}{(H8763)} for your souls{H5315}: for it is the blood{H1818} that maketh an atonement{H3722}{(H8762)} for the soul{H5315}. 12 Therefore I said{H559}{(H8804)} unto the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, No soul{H5315} of you shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} blood{H1818}, neither shall any stranger{H1616} that sojourneth{H1481}{(H8802)} among{H8432} you eat{H398}{(H8799)} blood{H1818}. 13 And whatsoever man{H376} there be of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, or of the strangers{H1616} that sojourn{H1481}{(H8802)} among{H8432} you, which hunteth{H6679}{(H8799)} and catcheth{H6718} any beast{H2416} or fowl{H5775} that may be eaten{H398}{(H8735)}; he shall even pour{H8210}{(H8804)} out the blood{H1818} thereof, and cover{H3680}{(H8765)} it with dust{H6083}. 14 For it is the life{H5315} of all flesh{H1320}; the blood{H1818} of it is for the life{H5315} thereof: therefore I said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, Ye shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} the blood{H1818} of no manner of flesh{H1320}: for the life{H5315} of all flesh{H1320} is the blood{H1818} thereof: whosoever eateth{H398}{(H8802)} it shall be cut off{H3772}{(H8735)}.
  • Lev 19:26 : 26 Ye shall not eat{H398}{(H8799)} any thing with the blood{H1818}: neither shall ye use enchantment{H5172}{(H8762)}, nor observe times{H6049}{(H8779)}.
  • Deut 4:19 : 19 And lest thou lift up{H5375}{(H8799)} thine eyes{H5869} unto heaven{H8064}, and when thou seest{H7200}{(H8804)} the sun{H8121}, and the moon{H3394}, and the stars{H3556}, even all the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064}, shouldest be driven{H5080}{(H8738)} to worship{H7812}{(H8694)} them, and serve{H5647}{(H8804)} them, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath divided{H2505}{(H8804)} unto all nations{H5971} under the whole heaven{H8064}.
  • Jer 44:15-19 : 15 Then all the men{H582} which knew{H3045}{(H8802)} that their wives{H802} had burned incense{H6999}{(H8764)} unto other{H312} gods{H430}, and all the women{H802} that stood by{H5975}{(H8802)}, a great{H1419} multitude{H6951}, even all the people{H5971} that dwelt{H3427}{(H8802)} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, in Pathros{H6624}, answered{H6030}{(H8799)} Jeremiah{H3414}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, 16 As for the word{H1697} that thou hast spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} unto us in the name{H8034} of the LORD{H3068}, we will not hearken{H8085}{(H8802)} unto thee. 17 But we will certainly{H6213}{(H8800)} do{H6213}{(H8799)} whatsoever thing{H1697} goeth forth{H3318}{(H8804)} out of our own mouth{H6310}, to burn incense{H6999}{(H8763)} unto the queen{H4446} of heaven{H8064}, and to pour out{H5258}{(H8687)} drink offerings{H5262} unto her, as we have done{H6213}{(H8804)}, we, and our fathers{H1}, our kings{H4428}, and our princes{H8269}, in the cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063}, and in the streets{H2351} of Jerusalem{H3389}: for then had we plenty{H7646}{(H8799)} of victuals{H3899}, and were well{H2896}, and saw{H7200}{(H8804)} no evil{H7451}. 18 But since we left off{H2308}{(H8804)} to burn incense{H6999}{(H8763)} to the queen{H4446} of heaven{H8064}, and to pour out{H5258}{(H8687)} drink offerings{H5262} unto her, we have wanted{H2637}{(H8804)} all things, and have been consumed{H8552}{(H8804)} by the sword{H2719} and by the famine{H7458}. 19 And when we burned incense{H6999}{(H8764)} to the queen{H4446} of heaven{H8064}, and poured out{H5258}{(H8687)} drink offerings{H5262} unto her, did we make{H6213}{(H8804)} her cakes{H3561} to worship{H6087}{(H8687)} her, and pour out{H5258}{(H8687)} drink offerings{H5262} unto her, without{H1107} our men{H582}?
  • Ezek 9:9 : 9 Then said{H559}{(H8799)} he unto me, The iniquity{H5771} of the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} and Judah{H3063} is exceeding{H3966}{H3966} great{H1419}, and the land{H776} is full{H4390}{(H8735)} of blood{H1818}, and the city{H5892} full{H4390}{(H8804)} of perverseness{H4297}: for they say{H559}{(H8804)}, The LORD{H3068} hath forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} the earth{H776}, and the LORD{H3068} seeth{H7200}{(H8802)} not.
  • 1 Sam 14:32-34 : 32 And the people{H5971} flew{H5860}{(H8799)}{H6213}{(H8799)} upon the spoil{H7998}, and took{H3947}{(H8799)} sheep{H6629}, and oxen{H1241}, and calves{H1121}, and slew{H7819}{(H8799)} them on the ground{H776}: and the people{H5971} did eat{H398}{(H8799)} them with the blood{H1818}. 33 Then they told{H5046}{(H8686)} Saul{H7586}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Behold, the people{H5971} sin{H2398}{(H8802)} against the LORD{H3068}, in that they eat{H398}{(H8800)} with the blood{H1818}. And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Ye have transgressed{H898}{(H8804)}: roll{H1556}{(H8798)} a great{H1419} stone{H68} unto me this day{H3117}. 34 And Saul{H7586} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Disperse{H6327}{(H8798)} yourselves among the people{H5971}, and say{H559}{(H8804)} unto them, Bring me hither{H5066}{(H8685)} every man{H376} his ox{H7794}, and every man{H376} his sheep{H7716}, and slay{H7819}{(H8804)} them here, and eat{H398}{(H8804)}; and sin{H2398}{(H8799)} not against the LORD{H3068} in eating{H398}{(H8800)} with the blood{H1818}. And all the people{H5971} brought{H5066}{(H8686)} every man{H376} his ox{H7794} with him{H3027} that night{H3915}, and slew{H7819}{(H8799)} them there.
  • Ps 24:4 : 4 He that hath clean{H5355} hands{H3709}, and a pure{H1249} heart{H3824}; who hath not lifted up{H5375}{(H8804)} his soul{H5315} unto vanity{H7723}, nor sworn{H7650}{(H8738)} deceitfully{H4820}.